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Mrs. Anna Iwasiuk of Hillcrest
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Peter Semotiuk
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Wife Anna (1913 ships list)
 
Wife Anna (1913 ships list)

Revision as of 16:42, 11 July 2013

Peter Somotink
Born 1875
Austria
Died 1914 (aged 38–39)
Hillcrest, Alberta
Cause of death Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Resting place Hillcrest Cemetery
Nationality Austrian
Occupation Timber Packer

Early Life

Birth

1875 Karlow, Poland [From Family Source]
In 1875 Karlow was not in Poland but in Galicia [rusyns@yahoogroups.com]

Miner and Siblings

  • Mrs. Anna Iwasiuk of Hillcrest
  • Peter Semotiuk
  • Ivan Semotiuk (survivor of Hillcrest Mine Disaster)

Marriage

Wife Anna (1913 ships list)

Children

Metro Semotink <!==Census Records==>

Immigration to Canada

1913 Ship Canada, age 28, born Russia, going to Hillcrest, Alberta - wife Anna, son Metro age 9.

Occupation in 1914

Timber Packer

Hillcrest Mine Disaster June 19, 1914 - Killed

Cemetery

Buried in the Mass Grave in Hillcrest.

After the Hillcrest Mine Disaster

Compensation

Schedule B

Alternate Names or Alternate Spelling of Names

Petro, Samotink, Samaczuk, Semotyuk, Semotiuk

Interesting Facts

On the survivor's list was the name Mike Semonicik or Mike Sominak, or Mike Semobink. - Any relation? Probably a brother
May have been related to Mrs. Wasyl Sandulak - a relative of Daniel Sandulak, another victim of the Hillcrest Mine Disaster.
A Ukrainian newspaper named The Novyny, published in Edmonton, Alberta on the 27th of June, 1914, gave a list of the Rusyn Miners killed in the Hillcrest Mine Disaster. Rusyn, Ruthenian and Ukrainian would all be the same people. The article was written in the Cyrillic Alphabet so spelling is hard to know for sure. Included was: P. Semotiuk


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